Anti Robot Registration Validation 1.0 + images

[michael_s]

I wrote this package because I felt the mod needed one more feature - ability to easily refresh the image if the user feels it is illegible.

v2.9.1 Update Detail

* Corrected some typo errors in one of the files..
* Added ?Refresh? button to image verification, to reset and refresh the image if the user cannot read it.
* Provided two options ? a hyperlinked text version and a button version. Instructions to switch to button version included in this guide and also embedded in the affected files.
* SQL file updated to add new admin functions described above.
* Suggest removing a few symbol characters from the bucket used for creating the verification image (especially @ and +) because they can be particularly difficult for users to figure out when the characters are odd angles. Text is quite often partially cut off as well, and this makes these special characters even more difficult to read. Stock file left intact, but if you want to follow my advice, the file to edit is catalog/includes/functions/account_validation.php.
* Width of PNG image is inconsistent. Issue seems to be in validation_png.php file, but I do not have time to fix it and will leave for someone else. I believe there is an inconsistency in calculation of overall width of the image. If there is a formula error, it may explain why some characters get partially cut off.
* Updated files:
catalog/password_forgotten.php
catalog/contact_us.php
catalog/create_account.php
catalog/account_password.php
catalog/account_edit.php
catalog/includes/languages/english/account_validation.php

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Caveats:

- I am a Level 2 PHP and OSC Noob. Could code have been written more succinctly? Probably. Do I care? No. It works.
- I welcome comments. Hope this is useful to others. :)
- English text only. Someone else please update the other langs.

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